It sounds to me like the Administration has bought the reality that we are going to be hit again (and again, and again, and again...), just like they appear to have bought the reality of an Iranian nuclear weapon, and their reality that North Korea is no longer a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”.
Playing the odds — we will eventually be hit again...and with Zero and comrades on watch, why let a crisis go to waste:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/01/27/obama-asks-governors-to-commit-sovereignty-suicide/